Chelsea face another season with Lukaku as Inter Milan get nervous over transfer details

Chelsea could be left stuck with Romelu Lukaku at Stamford Bridge next season after Inter Milan reportedly cooled their interest in a transfer.

Lukaku’s return to Chelsea started off well last season, but it soon went down hill. The Blues paid Inter £97.5m for the Belgium international who penned a five-year deal in west London. And after scoring in his first game away at Arsenal, the deal looked like a good one.

But fast forward a few months and things went wrong quickly after Lukaku’s comments just before the new year.

“Physically I’m fine. But I’m not happy with the situation at Chelsea,” the striker told Sky Sports.

They were comments which saw the player jettisoned from Thomas Tuchel’s plans. And he started just seven Premier League games after that, scoring three goals.

Talk of a return to Inter Milan soon emerged and the Serie A side are understood to be keen to re-sign the No.9.

However, the financial component of any deal is a huge problem for the Nerazzurri. And HLN’s Kristof Terreur reports that their interest maybe cooling.

The ramifications of any such move could be beyond the San Siro club, despite Lukaku pushing for a return to Italy.

Corriere dello Sport report that Lukaku is heading back to London to “free himself from Chelsea”.

The striker’s priority is to facilitate a return to the club where he fired 64 goals in 95 games.

But with a permanent deal this summer beyond Inter, they had hoped for a loan deal.

However, the player’s lawyer Sebastien Ledure has learned that Chelsea have “no intention of granting a free loan”.

Instead they will demand between €25m to €20m, which still remains “far from Inter’s” grasp.

Inter’s plan is to set up a two-year loan with a redemption to buy in the summer of 2024.

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